Camissoniopsis micrantha (Miniature Suncup)

4/2/05 Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, 

Los Angeles County, CA 

4/2/05 Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, 

Los Angeles County, CA 

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Miniature Suncup

SPECIES: Camissoniopsis micrantha

FAMILY: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/2/2005

LOCATION: Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA 

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Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Annual, rosetted; hairs dense, spreading, generally nonglandular in inflorescence. 

Stem: decumbent and branched or erect and simple, < 60 cm. 

Leaf: 10--120 mm; cauline generally narrowly lanceolate, minutely dentate, +- sessile. 

Flower: hypanthium 1.2--2 mm; sepals 1--2.5 mm; petals 1.5--4.5 mm, basal spots 1--2. 

Fruit: 13--25 mm, 1.1--1.8 mm wide, cylindric, drying +- 4-angled, straight to 1-coiled. Seed: 0.7--1.1 mm. 

Ecology: Canyons, coastal dunes, beaches, sandy fields, washes; 

Elevation: < 300(800) m. 

Bioregional Distribution: w edge GV, CW, SW. 

Flowering Time: Mar--May 

Note: Self-pollinated. Previously more inclusively defined. 

Synonyms: Camissonia micrantha (Hornem. ex Spreng.) P.H. Raven; 

eFlora Treatment Author: Warren L. Wagner